Alert archive / North Carolina / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1992, 3:49 PM EDT for Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1992, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1992, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wake County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 608 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 261950 FFWRDU NCC183-262145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 349 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...WAKE COUNTY FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF RALEIGH. PARTS OF CAPITAL BOULEVARD AND GLENWOOD AVENUE ARE UNDER WATER. STREAMS IN THE AREA WILL LIKELY FLOOD SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS WAKE COUNTY AND MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...IN ADDITION TO FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISINfG WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 11:47 AM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
NCZALL-261645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TYPO IN SECOND PARAGRAPH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 1138 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 NORTH CAROLINA SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT 1130 AM EDT NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS OCCURRING IN NORTH CAROLINA. HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS CHATHAM...SOUTHERN ORANGE...SOUTHERN DURHAM...AND WAKE COUNTIES IN THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH AND WILL CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE LOCALLY SEVERE PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALL PEOPLE IN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TV.... OR COMMERCjIAL RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MDV
Local storm report, Jun 26, 1:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
109 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992
TIME EVENT
1250 PM EDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN SOUTHEAST NASH COUNTY JUST SOUTHWEST
OF ROCKY MOUNT.
105 PM EDT NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN WESTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY 3 MILES EAST
OF ROCKY MOUNT.
MDVSpecial weather statement, Jun 26, 1:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
NCZ006-007-251815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 110 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 110 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS IN NORTHWESTERN WILKES AND SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY NEAR CHERRY LANE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INSIDE A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MRR
Local storm report, Jun 26, 2:53 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
252 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992
ATTN SELS...
145 PM WILKES COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT HAD REPORT OF TREE DOWN.
205 PM ANOTHER TREE REPORTED DOWN BY WILKES COUNTY SHERIFF.
BOTH REPORTS WERE IN CITY OF WILKESBORO IN WESTERN PORTION
OF THE COUNTY.
GTRSpecial weather statement, Jun 26, 2:53 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
NCZ006-007-251950- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 250 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WESTERN WILKES COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM... AT 245 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM STOKES AND SURRY COUNTIES INTO SOUTHEASTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS WILKES COUNTY. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED NEAR THE TOWN OF CYCLE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF WILKES COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE INSIDE A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MRR
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:47 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
NCZ006-007-252045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 345 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM... AT 340 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND WIDESPREAD SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS INDICATED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. ANOTHER AREA WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTHWEST OF WINSTON-SALEM IN FORSYTH COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN...LOCALIZhED FLOODING...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY HAIL. IF THREATNING WEATHER APPROACHES..MOVE INSIDE A SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. MRR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 55 min |
| Jun 26, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 68 min |
| Jun 26, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 5:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 41 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.